Grad gift for my son's long-time girlfriend

jonri
Sun, 29 Mar 2015 01:11:09 +0000

@oldfort, since your post seems to be directed at mine, please let me explain that I am not judging OP. I did, however, note 2 things: (1) BOTH the OP’s son and his GF are graduating this year. I do think that if OP spends $300-500 on the GF’s present, her parents may feel pressured to spend an equal amount on OP’s S. (2) According to the OP, the young woman has spent hours working as a waitress so she can graduate without debt. (See #35.) To me, that language suggests that the young woman is PROBABLY from a family that isn’t particularly affluent.

I simply pointed out that for SOME young women, accepting a gift worth that amount of $ from a boyfriend’s parents would be awkward IF they knew that their parents can not reciprocate in kind and might feel awkward about it.

OP may well feel that’s not an issue in this case. If it isn’t, it isn’t. I’m simply voicing my opinion.